Cultural Minorities In The Deaf Community
The deaf community distinguish themselves from hearing impaired, the deaf individual complete loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears, and hearing impaired differentiate, because they wear hearing aids. Deaf people irrespective of their culture of self-identity, they are continuously looking to be socially accepted by their abilities not by the disabilities within the societies. (Masitry, Toh, Herawan 2013) Deaf community as a cultural minority is focus on consciousness and understanding of cultural diversity and conservation of language. (hoffmeister, Bohan 1996). According to the survey of Income and Program participation (SIPP) stated that the number of deaf people has increase, identifying that 1 in 20 American are deaf or hard
hearing. Also, there are 10.000.000 persons are hard of hearing and 1.000.000 are deaf. A significant amount deaf people are 65 years or older, and less than 4% are under 18 years old. This situations have an interest in the result of policy makers, communications technologies, manufacturers’ health and education service providers, investigators and support organization. (Burch 2002) Throughout past decade deaf community is progressing with new technology. The community mass media impact for the deaf allow the deaf, the accessibility of communication with others in an anonymous way. The technology impacts and social media progressions in modern history value of life, improved for everyone but more for explosively so for the deaf. (Croft, 23012)
The rising numbers of a group of people with deafness or hard hearing problem, has make the investigators focus to produce a diversity of technologies; which help deaf community to do their daily task as a regular individual. The challenges that deaf people face every day in their life are, their learning progress is very slow; although, they complete their High School their reading level is an average likely 6 grade student, the failure of job opportunities for lack of training with the new technology and lack of life skills.
hearing. Also, there are 10.000.000 persons are hard of hearing and 1.000.000 are deaf. A significant amount deaf people are 65 years or older, and less than 4% are under 18 years old. This situations have an interest in the result of policy makers, communications technologies, manufacturers’ health and education service providers, investigators and support organization. (Burch 2002) Throughout past decade deaf community is progressing with new technology. The community mass media impact for the deaf allow the deaf, the accessibility of communication with others in an anonymous way. The technology impacts and social media progressions in modern history value of life, improved for everyone but more for explosively so for the deaf. (Croft, 23012)
The rising numbers of a group of people with deafness or hard hearing problem, has make the investigators focus to produce a diversity of technologies; which help deaf community to do their daily task as a regular individual. The challenges that deaf people face every day in their life are, their learning progress is very slow; although, they complete their High School their reading level is an average likely 6 grade student, the failure of job opportunities for lack of training with the new technology and lack of life skills.